NRC Report NUPIC Meeting Raleigh, NC February 14, 2008

NRC Report
NUPIC Meeting
Raleigh, NC
February 14, 2008
Rich McIntyre
Office of New Reactors
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Topic Areas
• NRO Vendor Inspection Program
• NRC Vendor Inspections
• NUPIC Joint Utility Audit Observation
• International Cooperation
• Commercial Grade Calibration Services
• Future Vendor Inspection Activities
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NRO Vendor Inspection Program
• IMC 2507 – Construction Vendor Inspection
Program for New Reactors
– IP 43002 – Routine Inspection Procedure
– IP 43003 – Reactive Inspection Procedure
– IP 43004 – Commercial Grade Dedication
– IP 43005 – Procedure for oversight of industry’s
vendor activities
– IP 36100 – 10 CFR Part 21
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Completed Vendor Inspection Activities
• Vendor Inspections
– Velan (with French ASN observer), 9/2007
– Areva NP, Inc., 9/2007 and 10/2007
– University of Texas, 10/2007
• Third Party Oversight
– Cameron NUPIC Audit, 8/2007
– Flowserve-Vernon NUPIC Audit, 10/2007
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NRC Vendor Inspections
Velan – Montreal, Canada
Summary of findings:
– Failure to develop an appropriate Part 21 procedure to
evaluate deviations and failures to comply associated
with substantial safety hazards
– Failure to perform independent verification and
validation of design calculations
– Failure to develop adequate procedures for
accomplishing activities affecting quality
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NRC Vendor Inspections
Areva NP, Inc.
• Locations:
– Lynchburg, VA – NRO led
– Eaton Cutler-Hammer facility, Greenwood, SC - NRR led
• Summary of findings:
– Failure to adequately implement testing activities and qualify testing
personnel
– Failure to adequately document design changes and engineering
design review conclusions
– Failure to impose purchase order requirements on suppliers for
control of M&TE
– Failure to implement appropriate procedural guidance
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NRC Vendor Inspections
University of Texas at Austin
• QA controls inspection at the
Geotechnical Engineering Center's Soil
Dynamics Laboratory
• Summary of findings:
– Failure to monitor temperature and humidity
for soils samples as required by purchase
orders
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NUPIC Audit Observation
• On October 22-25, 2007, three NRC staff observed the
NUPIC joint utility audit at Flowserve Pump division in
Vernon, CA
• NRC staff used IP43005, “NRC Oversight of Third-Party
Organizations Implementing Quality Assurance
Requirements”
• IP43005 Purpose:
– Assess the NUPIC QA audit process used for suppliers of
components to the nuclear industry
– Inspect the 10 CFR Part 21 program of the supplier
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NUPIC Audit at Flowserve
• NUPIC audit process was effectively
implemented by the audit team
– Four performance-based findings for failure to
adequately implement QA program
requirements
• NRO Inspection Report identified three (3)
violations of 10 CFR Part 21 requirements
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International Cooperation
• October 2007 – observation of international
counterpart inspections led by Korean regulator,
KINS
– Westinghouse, Newington NH
– Crosby Valve, Wrentham MA
• November 2007 - observation of United Kingdom
regulator design assessment at GE ESBWR and
Westinghouse AP1000 offices
• NRC gained insights on foreign regulatory
inspection process during these activities
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International Cooperation
• January 4 -11, 2008, NRC staff met with representatives
of KINS, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co., LTD
(KHNP), and Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction
(DHI) in Korea
• Technical exchange visit with KINS was to discuss
potential mutual cooperation and information sharing
between the NRC and KINS in three primary areas:
– vendor inspection
– sharing of construction experience
– the possibility of an NRC inspector to visit the Shin Kori site for
several weeks to observe the construction inspection practices
used by the Korean regulator.
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International Cooperation
• March 2008 observation of international
counterpart inspections led by French regulator,
ASN:
– AREVA NP, Saint Marcel - Heavy Components
– Creusot Forge - Forging & Casting Group
– Velan Inc – Valve Manufacturing
• February 19-22, 2008, meeting of the MDEP
Working Group on Component Manufacturing
Oversight in Paris
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Commercial Grade Calibration Services
• NRC Letter to ACLASS Accreditation Services
dated December 19, 2007 (ML073440472)
• Bases for NRC approval for accepting ACLASS
calibration services as an alternative method for
qualifying suppliers in lieu of supplier audit,
commercial-grade survey, or in-process
surveillance for commercial-grade suppliers of
calibrations services.
• Similar to Arizona Public Services safety
evaluation report dated September 28, 2005, for
NVLAP and A2LA. (ML052710224)
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ASME NQA-1/NRC interactions
• ASME Letter to NRC dated October 2, 2007,
discussed resolution of NRC comments with
the NQA-1 and plan to publish NQA-1-2008 in
late March 2008 (ML073120445)
• NRC response letter dated December 10, 2007,
identifies a plan for revising RG 1.28 during
phase 3 of the RG update program, including a
review of the published version of NQA-1-2008
for potential endorsement as part of the staff's
planned update to RG 1.28 (ML073320346)
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ASME NQA-1/NRC interactions
• NRR staff is in the initial stages of developing a
revision to Regulatory Guide 1.28 for potential
endorsement of the NQA-1-2008 Edition
• NQA-1 Task Group continues to address
commercial grade dedication and software QA
issues for revision and inclusion in the NQA-12009 addenda. These remain from NRC issues
previously identified during the side-by-side
review of 1994 and 2004 editions
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Future Vendor Inspection Activities
• Vendor Inspections
– Tioga Pipe, March 3-7, 2008
– Accompany French regulator ASN on inspections at
Areva NP facilities in France, March 2008
– Areva NP GmbH (Germany), March 2008, German
regulator to observe
– Seven more inspections TBD, including possible
international vendors
• Third Party Oversight
– At least two NUPIC Audit observations TBD
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Questions?
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